Lovelock, A.D. - Postal Markings of the Holyhead & Kingstown Packet1860-1925Publisher: The TPO & Seapost Society, 2006.Large (A4) paperback, illustrated, (ii) + 119 pages, very slight corner-creasing to rear covers else in Very Good condition.The postmarks of the floating Post Office on board the various steamers of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Co, which sailed between Holyhead and the Irish harbour of Kingstown (now Dun Laoghaire), have long held a fascination for postal historians. Every type of postmark and supplementary mark used in the 65 years of the operation of the Post Office is shown, with many colour illustrations of covers.

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Cooke, Sholto - The Maiden City and the Western OceanA History of the Shipping Trade between Londonderry and North America in the Nineteenth CenturyPublisher: Morris & Co., Dublin, nd [circa 1961].Hardback, illustrated, 223 pages + plates, page-edges a little tanned else in Very Good condition.Non-philatelic but with much useful background history of North Atlantic shipping.

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Kumpf, H-J. (editor) - Festschrift 25 Jahre FAI 1982-2007Commemorative Issue 25 Years FAIPublisher: FAI, 2007.Large format paperback, illustrated, 86 pages, text in German & English, in Very Good condition.Good anthology of articles on Irish philately & postal history, some in German, some in English, and some bilingual. Well illustrated in colour.

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Salt, Denis - The Domestic Packets between Great Britain and Ireland, 1635 to 1840Publisher: The Postal History Society, 1991.Large format paperback, illustrated, 50 pages, a little corner creasing to covers else in Very Good condition.Useful work on rates & routes between Britain and Ireland.

Feldman, David - Handbook of Irish PhilatelyPublisher: David Feldman & The Dolmen Press, Dublin, 1968.First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 176 pages, dustwrapper tatty with loss of small fragments, binding cocked (spine lean), a Good working copy.Scarce and sought after handbook dealing with all aspects of Irish stamps up to 1968, including Fenian "forerunners", Overprints, etc.

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Willcocks, R.M. - England's Postal History to 1840With notes on Scotland, Wales and IrelandPublisher: privately published by the author, 1975.Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, viii + 167 pages, dustwrapper a little rubbed at edges and with a short tear, else in Very Good condition.The standard work on English pre-adhesive postal history. An essential handbook for collectors of GB pre-stamps.

- Eighth American Philatelic CongressOriginal Papers on Philatelic Themes Presented by InvitationPublisher: The American Philatelic Congress, 1942.Paperback, illustrated, 64 pages, slight wear, in Good condition.No. 109 of 500 copies printed. The eighth American Congress book. With several excellent articles including: Notes on the Paris 1878 Philatelic Congress, by H.R. Harmer; The Counterfeits of the First Six Issues of Crete, by Chas. S. Thompson; The Stamps & Postmarks of the Ionian Islands, 19th Century, by J. Hess Barr; The Overprint Issues of the Irish Free State, by H.G. Zervas; etc. Scarce.

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- The North of Ireland Philatelic SocietyCentenary Booklet 1907-2007Publisher: The North of Ireland Philatelic Society, 2007.Large format (A4) paperback, 40 pages, in VG condition.Published on the occasion of the display by the society to the Royal Philatelic Society London. Includes a brief history of the Society, summaries of each of the members' displays (several with a Northern Ireland connection), and An Essay on Irish Philately by Dr Michael Gould. Very well illustrated in colour throughout.